Monday, May 22, 2023
Performed by the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony at today's two concerts was Sergei Prokofiev's delightful Peter and the Wolf featuring WQXR evening host and luminary Terrance McKnight. In this…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 10:18AMThe American Classical Orchestra ascended to the stage before a packed house in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Under the baton of conductor Thomas Crawford, the concert began with Gioac…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 09:39AMFriday, May 19, 2023
This was an evening of superlatives by the Cathedral Choir and Rose of the Compass at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine offered a transformative musical experience for listeners an…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 07:36AMTuesday, May 16, 2023
Soloists in the ON SITE Opera production of Puccini's Il Tabarro were consistently marvelous and presented a thrilling performance of a seminal artwork with the support of a splendid chorus,…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:47PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
Kent Tritle and The Oratorio Society ensured that the ineffable rapture of Bach's Mass in B minor was ably expressed while articulating the vision, technique, Affektenlehre, and unparalleled…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:33PMTuesday, May 9, 2023
The Theater for the New City presented Bliss Street, a blockbuster musical production based on the life and times of New York rocker Charlie Sub (played by Blaize Adler-Ivanbroo) and his uni…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 11:26AMFriday, May 5, 2023
This production of Iolanthe by MasterVoices at Carnegie Hall portrayed the essence of superlative artistry coupled with modern technological tools. Audience members were masterfully delivere…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:36PMWednesday, May 3, 2023
The Art Bath Salon Series program was 21st century-multimedia at its finest, but with the intimacy of the Parisian salons made famous by the likes of Gertrude Stein, Gustave Courbet, and Fra…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 02:15PMSaturday, April 29, 2023
The Singing Sphere was entertaining, intellectually engaging, imaginative, provocative, and introspective. It seemed, after all, that one might evolve to a better state. We enjoyed a sojourn…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 12:53PMFriday, April 28, 2023
Schwartz is a raconteur extraordinaire. From the onset, her repartee was confident and, at times, adapted to prompt audience interaction. One could hardly resist her gentle, enchanting coaxi…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:53PMThursday, April 20, 2023
Kent Tritle and Musica Sacra have once again brought important musical works to the forefront in an opulent setting with superb artists. Tritle’s conducting was expressive and precise, whi…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:59PMWednesday, April 19, 2023
This was a celebration and reminder of Kent Tritle, a gifted musical artist of epic importance to the world of performing arts in New York and beyond. Tritle’s ubiquitous, multi-dimensiona…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 04:07PMSunday, March 26, 2023
Tonight's O How Good was a celebration of the life of MasterVoices board member Lois Conway and the years of philanthropy and insightful leadership characterizing her service. The venue chos…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 06:41PMTuesday, March 14, 2023
The Conductor celebrated emotionally charged discourse governed by mutual respect, intellectual rigor, and passionate argument without the hostility, recriminations, and violence sometimes s…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:24PMFriday, March 10, 2023
Maestro Kent Tritle opened this "Light of Paradise" program with the strings of his world-class orchestra performing George Walker's Lyric for Strings (1946). This work set the tone for the …
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:23PMThursday, March 2, 2023
The cast, setting, dramatization, and well-crafted script evoked yearning, hope, sadness, heartache, and disillusionment. Sharp's adaptation explored family, love, and social status themes a…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 04:30PMTuesday, February 28, 2023
From the onset, Cold Feet was saucy with an eccentric style of humor, bizarre characters like Shelly the orangutan with her goofy grunts and screams, and off-the-wall skits. Laughs were guar…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 11:28AMThe well-crafted descriptive language in Han! was fundamental to creating vivid and evocative imagery that transported viewers to other times, places, and states of mind. Through rich sensor…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 11:24AMMonday, February 27, 2023
Kissing the Floor was a well-conceived, powerful dramatization akin to the legendary "sins of the father," ably expressing the overpowering tragedies of Antigone brought to life in the demis…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:31PMSaturday, February 25, 2023
An icon of her generation, Candice Lee is a singer of heartfelt, caring distinction. On stage, she is confident, energetic, and versatile, with a unique blend of musical influences and origi…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 11:09AMFriday, February 24, 2023
This deeply personal family story is an important, unique, and vital account of survival and hopes seen through the eyes of a child ably characterized by gifted actor and raconteur Ingrid Ga…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:22PMWednesday, February 22, 2023
Who Murdered Love was a musical comedy extraordinaire At the Theater for the New City. The scene for fun was set as DaDa Love (Elyp Johnson), and the cast sang Mad for Love. This setting pro…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 02:10PMSeth Rudesky hosted an event at Café Carlyle that, in the annals of theater, shall remain a night of incredible music, cherished remembrances, personal anecdotes, and Broadway history told …
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 02:03PMThursday, February 16, 2023
Tonight’s Disco Daydream was an immersive fun-fete celebrating the universal quest for elusive love and where it might be found. The cast touched hearts and drew inspiration from an empath…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 07:00PMBroadway Valentine’s Day at 54 Below was an evening of love, song, romance, nostalgia, fine dining, unique beverages, and thematic desserts. The messages of love portrayed were universal, …
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 06:55PMMonday, February 13, 2023
Experiencing the ineffable, expressive unfolding of the music while seated among the musicians was, without exaggeration, an exalted, rapturous, and elegiac pluradimensional experience. The …
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 06:37PMFriday, February 10, 2023
Shedding Load represented an exciting portent of American theater. It garnered an intense attraction to those who understand and appreciate the vitality and expressive power of dramatic arts…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 02:58PMWednesday, February 8, 2023
With this performance, the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony has fervidly conquered Mahler's Symphony No. 5, bringing its ineffable, sumptuous beauty and afflatus to life. When listening, one is …
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 04:30PMTuesday, February 7, 2023
AUDIENCE was presented with fine acting, powerful multi-dimensional visuals, cultural significance, context and import, rich vigilance, and irony.
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 02:41PMTuesday, January 31, 2023
Swinging big band music was hot in Manhattan this week! From the moment the Tony Kadleck Big Band began their set at the Birdland Jazz Club, we tapped our toes and jumped to a tasteful, tigh…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 06:23PMSunday, January 29, 2023
The program opened with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 in C minor “Organ” (1886). When the organ spoke at the first poco adagio along with lush strings and harmonies, the amalgam…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 04:24PM 
